TATE, Justice.
The defendant Davis was convicted of distributing a controlled dangerous substance, heroin. La.R.S. 40:971 (A)(1). He was sentenced to twenty-five years in the penitentiary. This is his second appeal.
On his first appeal, we noted that the defendant had been sentenced prior to the expiration of the three-day delay between his conviction and the sentence. La.C.Cr.P. Art. 873. Since such a sentence is void as illegally imposed, Official Revision...
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